BiodiversityWorks: Protecting Nature's Legacy

On August 7, we completed our second season running a MAPS station in the northwestern section of Manual F. Correllus State Forest (MCSF). In the course of seven days of mist-netting throughout the breeding season, we captured 130 birds of 18 species, including 20...

“Don’t Panic!” The words sit emblazoned on the cover of The Entomologist's Guide to Gardening. “When facing a vast, confusing, and hostile caterpillar attack on your trees," the guide continues, "the best and most practical response is to stay calm, keep a relaxed...

For BiodiversityWorks field staff, the end of August also means the end of the beach-nesting bird season. As the 27 sites we monitor transition from nesting areas to migratory stopovers for species that breed further north, our staff transitions from fieldwork to...

At BiodiversityWorks, we spend countless hours outside year-round on conservation projects, which inevitably brings us into contact with ticks. Through years of experience, we have come to view protective clothing as an indispensible part of staying safe in the field....

Last fall I started a journey, a passion project that I had been dreaming of for years. I have always been fascinated by carnivorous plants, and I had kept the occasional token Venus Flytrap in captivity indoors, only to watch them die a slow, lingering death. One of...

An easy way to help support pollinators in your yard.